A.double B.intense C.pressures D.stock E.a(chǎn)griculture F.trapped G.withdrawal H.a(chǎn)vailability I.drive J.expanding K.rising
Throughout history,people have fought bitter wars over political ideology,national sovereignty and religious expression.How much more (1)BBwill these conflicts be when people fight over the Earth's most indispensable resource water?We may find out in the not-too-distant future if projections about the(2)HHof water in the Middle East and other regions prove correct.Less than three percent of the planet's (3)DD is fresh water,and almost two-thirds of this amount is (4)FF in ice caps,glaciers,and underground aquifers too deep or too remote to access.In her book,Pillars of Sand-Can the Irrigation Miracle Last,Sandra Postel outlines three forces that (5)IItension and conflict over freshwater:Using up the water"resource pie".In India,the world's second-most populous nation,with over 1 billion inhabitants,the rate of groundwater (6)GG is twice that of recharge,a deficit higher than in any other country.Although water is a renewable resource,it is not a(n) (7)KK one.The freshwater available today for more than 6 billion people is no greater than it was 2,000 years ago,when global population was approximately 200 million.(The current U.S.population is 287 million.)
Global(8)EEaccounts for about 70% of all freshwater use.In five of the world's most water-stressed,controversial areas the Aral Sea region,the Ganges,the Jordan,the Nileland and Tigris-Euphrates population increases of up to 75% are projected by 2025.With the fastest rate of growth in the world,the population of Palestinian territory will more than(9)AA over the next generation.Most experts agree that,because of geography,population (10)JJand politics,water wars are most likely to break out in the Middle East,a region where the amount of available freshwater per capita will decrease by about 50% over the next generation.
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【答案】B;H;D;F;I;G;K;E;A;J
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